Today in Nashville History

March 26th
Country Singer, Chuck Wagner was born in Jackson, Tennessee on March 26th, 1956.

March 27th
Cornelius Vanderbilt made a donation of $500,000, on the March 27th, 1873, which marked the beginnings of Vanderbilt University.

March 28th
Local Nashville Radio personality, Gerry House born on March 28th, 1948.

March 29th
Tennessee's first legislature met in Knoxville on March 29, 1796.

March 30th
Smyrna born baseball player, Danny Young makes his professional baseball premiere on March 30th, 2000. Danny bats right-handed but throws left-handed.

March 31st
On March 31st, 1991, Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 to win the 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.

April 1st
- Historian William Thompson died today in Nashville, he wrote over a dozen historical books about the Demonbreun Family
-The original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened on Music Row on April 1st, 1967.

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